Lionel 2027420

GOLDEN STATE SP STATIONSOUNDS DINER

 

One of the last great streamliners, the Golden State came about in 1947 as the Rock Island and Southern Pacific competed against faster schedules o ffered by the Union Pacific and Santa Fe for Chicago to Los Angeles. The two railroads swapped l ocomotives at Tucumcari but the cars traveled through. It did not take long before the equipment w as mixed together.Connecting cars from New York were also carried on the train supplied by the Pennsylvania and painted to match the consist until around 1950. Owing to fading color (and revenue) the Golden State started losing its red paint in 1953. It was not rare for either road to substitute other cars from their fleets as needed, l eading to very eclectic consists. While the train never matched the grandeur of its competition, its shortcomings were part of its character. A wild mix of car types, locomotives and paint schemes make this train an interesting subject to model.
  • Features:
  • Accessible with LEGACY, TMCC system
  • Custom recordings featuring multiple characters allow you to recreate an entire rail journey - from departure to arrival at your final destination
  • Arrival/departure announcements, dining reservation calls, and other in - route dialog
  • "Clickety-clack" of the cars as they roll down the rails
  • Die-cast operating "Kinematic" couplers auto adjust for close coupling on straightaways and wider coupling on curves
  • LED lighting with capacitors for flickerfree running
  • Separately applied details on undersides and bodies
  • Narrow or full width diaphragms per prototype
  • All-New body tooling
  • Durable plastic bodies
  • Detailed interiors
  • Flush-fitting windows
  • Scale Coupler mounting pads
  • Die-cast metal sprung trucks
  • Product Specifications:
  • Gauge: O Gauge

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